Microsoft's free Anti Virus a hit: 1.5 million downloads in first week.Microsoft announced Thursday that its free antivirus software See antivirus program. (tool) antivirus software - Programs to detect and remove computer viruses. The simplest kind scans executable files and boot blocks for a list of known viruses. has been downloaded 1.5 million in the week after it shipped. The company's Security Essentials software is a basic antivirus program Software that searches for known viruses. Also known as a "virus scanner." As new viruses are discovered by the antivirus vendor, their binary patterns are added to a signature database that is downloaded periodically to the user's antivirus program via the Web. designed for Windows users who don't want to pay $40 to $50 per year for an Anti-Virus software anti-virus software n → Antivirensoftware f . Microsoft's free AV was launched on Sept. 29, and by Oct. 6, the company said it had been downloaded more than 1.5 million times, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/mmpc/archive/2009/10/15/microsoft-security-essentials-week-one.aspx" target="_blank">Microsoft blog posting</a>. Microsoft recorded 4 million total malware detections See antivirus, antispam and IDS. on more than 500,000 machines during the one-week period; 52 percent of them were on XP machines. Vista was next, with 32 percent of detections, followed by Windows 7, with 16 percent. "This follows our usual observed trend of seeing less malware on newer OSes and service packs," Microsoft said. The U.S., China and Brazil were the top three countries reporting malware detections, with more than a quarter of all detections occurring in the U.S. Security Essentials is currently available in 19 countries. Click <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/" target="_blank">here </a>to download Microsoft Security Essentials. |
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